Archive for December, 2010
Happy New Year and Ramblings on Auld Lang Syne
“What does the song mean? My whole life, I don’t know what this song means. It means ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot.’ Does that mean that we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean that if we should happen to forget them, we should remember them which is not possible because we already forgot?” [...]
December 31, 2010
· 
ABL · 
45 Comments
Posted in: Uncategorized
New Years Open Thread
What are you all getting into? I think I am going to spend the night fighting for position on the couch while gaming or watching tv. Not sure. Exciting, no? *** Update *** I know we are sposed to be thinking positive things about the fresh New Year, but I need to get this off [...]
December 31, 2010
· John Cole · 211 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Just Awful
Driving while black, diabetic and hypoglycemic will get your window broken, your seat belt cut, seven shocks from a Taser, a dislocated elbow, and a felony arrest, even after the cops realize the reason for your behavior. The video is horrific.
December 31, 2010
· mistermix · 34 Comments
Posted in: Shitty Cops
All Hail the Secret Austerity Czar
Our Glibertarian overlords have big plans for the 112th Congress. Despite wedging on about loving the Constitution, transparency, Government by the people, populism, deficits, etc., etc., etc.—the Leaders of the incoming Republican Confederate Party House majority have shown their fidelity to the oligarchs by crafting rules designed to blow holes into any effort to balance [...]
December 31, 2010
· Dennis G. · 51 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Glibertarianism, Good News For Conservatives, Open Thread, Republican Venality
Open Thread: Part-TAY!
So… who’s got plans for the evening?
December 31, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 134 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Open Thread
So I spent several thousand dollars picking up the car from the garage yesterday, and boy was it worth it. Runs like a champion, and I had been considering looking for a “new” used car later on in the year, finances allowing, and the guy told me that would be stupid because I can get [...]
December 31, 2010
· John Cole · 278 Comments
Posted in: Get off my grass you damned kids
Tic-tok, let’s get this party started
In five days we will learn if the reformers in the Senate have the votes to make endless obstruction in that body more difficult in the 112th Congress. Talking Points Memo has a fine run down of the tic-tok and dance steps required to get this done. Steve Benen adds some more details here and [...]
December 31, 2010
· Dennis G. · 55 Comments
Posted in: 59-41 Senate Minority, Open Thread
Never Said Nothing
This site is genius.
December 31, 2010
· mistermix · 26 Comments
Posted in: Excellent Links
Posts of the year
Vagabond Scholar has the Jon Swift posts of the year nominated by the bloggers themselves. Check it out.
December 31, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 18 Comments
Posted in: Other
Yankee Ingenuity
New rules go into effect in January: The MLR goes into effect in January 2011. The law requires that large-group plans spend 85 percent of premiums on clinical services and activities related to quality of care. Only 15 percent can go to other items, such as administrative costs, advertising and profits. For small-group and individual [...]
December 31, 2010
· Kay · 40 Comments
Posted in: An Unexamined Scandal, Domestic Affairs, Going Galt, I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own, Rumormongering, World's Best Healthcare (If You Can Afford It)
Speak To Me Your Song of Greed
“Liberal Democrat” Lanny Davis gets skewered in the New York Times. A taste: When advocates for poor women with infant children began to question if all the federally subsidized baby formula sold in the United States should include fatty acids known as DHA and ARA — which are supposed to make the formula more resemble [...]
December 31, 2010
· mistermix · 37 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell
Early Morning Open Thread: Reunited
From commentor Paul C.: When my ex-girlfriend and I moved to Georgia from Myrtle Beach, just over 10 years ago, she promised her kids that they could each have dogs of their own. They took a long time to decide what kind they wanted and ended up with Border Collies because her son saw one [...]
December 31, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 103 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Open Thread, Pet Rescue
College Football Open Thread
Apparently there are some games on… BTW- I meant to link to this piece on Kodachrome earlier and forgot. For some reason, I found it very sad.
December 30, 2010
· John Cole · 148 Comments
Posted in: Sports
Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu
Courtesy of our Food Goddess, TaMara: I hope all of you survived the monster winter storm that hit the east coast. As I write this, we are predicted to get about 12 inches of snow today. It’s coming down pretty heavily right now and I’m not looking forward to my drive home. I will set [...]
December 30, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 17 Comments
Posted in: Cooking, Open Thread
You Can’t Bluff Someone Who’s Not Paying Attention
I think TBogg has this right about O’Donnell: She seems like a lovely person; cute, charming, supremely confident in her know-nothingness, gliding through life on adorableness and Jesus love and sincerity. And not much else. A review of her not-running-for-public-office work history doesn’t turn up much in the way of marketable skills other than the [...]
December 30, 2010
· John Cole · 295 Comments
Posted in: Bring on the Brawndo!, Teabagger Stupidity
